Match Earthy Cane
PPG Earthy Cane is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 44. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Shelburne Buff reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 44 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Wild Wonder reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 44 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Expance reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 44) makes Botanical Beauty the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Green beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Cord reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (44 vs 39) makes Earthy Cane the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Earthy Cane reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.